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diff --git a/website/bugs/genericize-filesystem-locations-for-testsuite.mdwn b/website/bugs/genericize-filesystem-locations-for-testsuite.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d70313 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/bugs/genericize-filesystem-locations-for-testsuite.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +[[meta title="genericize all filesystem locations to enable test suite:" ]] + +I'm in the process of writing a testsuite for the monkeysphere so that +we can verify that it actually performs all the basic expected duties +properly. + +It occurs to me that lines like these: + + ETC="/etc/monkeysphere" + VARLIB="/var/lib/monkeysphere" + +Actually make it very difficult to generically test the tool without +it being installed system-wide. + +Is there any reason that we should not allow these directories to be +overridden with environment variables in the same way that +`/usr/share/monkeysphere/share` is handled? + + SHARE=${MONKEYSPHERE_SHARE:-"/usr/share/monkeysphere"} + +I guess i'm proposing something like: + + SYSCONFIGDIR=${MONKEYSPHERE_SYSCONFIGDIR:-"/etc/monkeysphere"} + SYSDATADIR=${MONKEYSPHERE_SYSDATADIR:-"/var/lib/monkeysphere"} + +Thoughts? + +--dkg |